The Effects of Expressing Religious Support Online for Breast Cancer Patients

Health Communication

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 762-771

  Mclaughlin, Bryan ^a   Yang, JungHwan ^b   Yoo, Woohyun ^c   Shaw, Bret ^b   Kim, Soo Yun ^b   Shah, Dhavan ^b   Gustafson, David ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c Survey Health Policy Research Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; BREAST TUMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERNET; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIGION; SELF HELP;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; RELIGION; SELF-HELP GROUPS;

EID: 84958897654     PISSN: 10410236     EISSN: 15327027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2015.1007550     Document Type: Article

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